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Short Leg Splint Supplies, Adult, Fiberglass

North Carolina rates for HCPCS Q4046

Cast supplies, short leg splint, adult (11 years +), fiberglass

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Short Leg Splint Supplies, Adult, Fiberglass cost?

$19.05

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.05 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $18.62 from a physician practice, and about $23.99 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$18.62$14.79 to $29.51
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$23.99$20.42 to $38.02

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $24 · 10th to 90th $16 to $54Professionalmedian $19 · 10th to 90th $13 to $56
$10$20$50$100facility $24professional $19

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$56.23
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$29.51
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$46.77
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$19.05
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$32.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$9.77
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$51.29
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$40.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$23.99
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$16.98
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$117.49
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 1.9 times more in South Dakota than in Rhode Island. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

North Carolina· 16th of 51

$19.05

SD $26.30RI $14.13

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.